Kerry Sturmey became part of the Mama Bear’s Day Nursery family in 2010 when the group won the tender to take over a nursery based in Somerset College, in Taunton.
Ms Sturmey was the existing manager and while she and the rest of her team had offered their resignations when the nursery was put out to tender, she subsequently had a fruitful meeting with Mama Bear’s owners Tony and Bev Driffield.
She says, ‘They asked if I would be interested in a position with them and invited me to visit their settings in Bristol. I was very impressed by the nurseries and their whole ethos as a family-run group. They are very passionate about their business and I decided I wanted to be a part of that.’
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